Dartmouth too much for PSU Baseball

Apr 28, 2004

PLYMOUTH, N.H.

- Dartmouth College and Plymouth State University combined for
32 runs and 36 hits Wednesday afternoon at Panther Park, but the
Big Green baseball team proved to be too much for the Panthers and
handed the hosts a 21-11 non-conference defeat.

The Big Green, ranked second in New England in Division I, improved
to 23-12 overall, while PSU dropped to 5-23.

Dartmouth took a commanding lead early in the game with a nine-run
second inning. In fact, the Big Green scored in seven of the
first eight innings. PSU didn't give up, though, coming up
with a seven-run fifth inning and finishing with 11 runs, its
third-highest output this season.

Senior Scott Shirrell (Portland, Maine) hit a pair of home runs and
scored five times to lead Dartmouth. He also pushed his
career RBI total to 151, which is a new school record.
Juniors Jeff Speights (San Diego, Cal.) and Brian Zurhellen
(Placentia, Cal.) each collected four hits for the Big Green, and
sophomore Seth Emery (Wayne, Maine) drove in six runs, four coming
on a grand slam in Dartmouth's big second inning. Sophomore
Tommy Myette (Bradenton, Fla.) and junior Josh Bailey (Lexington,
KY) also had three hits apiece for the visitors.

Sophomore Scott Begalle (Rumney, N.H.) had three
hits and two RBI to lead the Panther hitters. Freshmen
Jamie Aceto (Cumberland, R.I.) and Joe
Annese (Winchester, Mass.) both cracked pinch-hit home
runs for PSU, their first of the season. Junior Derek
Guimond (Lewiston, Maine), freshman Trevor
Hall (New Boston, N.H.), and sophomore C.J.
Rousseau (Merrimack, N.H.) all had two hits apiece for the
Panthers in the loss.

Freshman Jeff Wilkerson (Walnut Creek, Cal.) started and worked six
innings for Dartmouth and earned the win to improve to 2-1.
Senior Mike Bradbury (Chatham, Mass.) started and
took the loss (1-5) for the Panthers.

PSU travels to Salem State for a non-conference game on Thursday
(3:30 p.m.), while Dartmouth faces Harvard in an Ivy League series
Saturday in Boston and Sunday in Hanover, N.H.